Lewis martin



(No Model.)

L. MARTIN. OIL GAN.

No. 601,797. Patented-Apr. 5, 1898.

I l' i t* iymm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L EWIS MARTIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

en -CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,797, dated April 5, 1898.

Application 1ed February 19, 1897. Serial No. 624,085. Gl'o model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city,-

county, and State of New York, have invented v always free from danger of soiling the hands of the user or articles upon which the can is placed or comes in contact with.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with an oil-can, of a receptacle for lamp-wick or the equivalent around the base ofthe spout and a removable cloak or cover arranged to it over said receptacle and the body of the can; and my invention also involves certain other novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, Figure l is a plan view of my oil-can, showing a portion of the removable cloak as broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical axial sectional view.

Like numerals of reference whereverthey occur indicate corresponding parts in both iigures.

lis the body of the can, of anyapproved construction.

2 is the filler, and 3 the spout, arranged in the usual manner..

4 is avertical ring secured to the bottom of the canand' left open at the top.

, ,5 is a ring secured near the top of the can around the filler.

` 6 is `a lamp-wick, waste, or any equivalent material placed within the ring 5, the object being to catch and absorb any oil which runs down the spout or escapes from the filler. The space between the ring 4 and the body of the can may be used as a holder for reserve absorbing material, which may be transferred to the ring 5 when the material 6 becomes saturated.

7 is an outer cloak or cover fitting nicely overthe can-body and the rings 4 and 5, preventing contact of the hand or any object therewith, and as said cloak is open at 8 it does not come in contact with the spout 3, and any oil passing down the exterior of the spout cannot reach the outside of the cloak.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

An oil-can, in which are comprised a body or oil-holder; a vertical ring upon the body at the base of the spout, containing absorbent material; and a removable cloak arranged to pass over the absorbent-material holder, clearing the same, but snugly embracing the body of the oilfholder, and extending to the bottom thereof, substantially as shown and described.

LEWIS MARTIN.

Witnesses:

A. M. PIERCE, F. I-I. PIERCE. 

